RPP-16

Also called Rýchly Programový Procesor.Designed by Doc.Ing.Ivan Plander,CSc, Adka Chudá, Ivan Kočiš,Ján ŠTURC.It was manufactured from 1973 (development 1969 – 1972) by ZVT Námestovo. Operating systems running on the computer: RTOS-1,AMOS-2,RSM-F16,TISOS.

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Contents
Inchpiral patterns: RC 4000 (proposal), PDP 8, Varan, Zra-1, Gier.

Variants

The creation of a computer

Asked what Ivan Plander motivated to deal with the idea of ​​his own Slovak numerical computer when they could propose to the Bureau of the SAV to buy such a machine from abroad in the book "Academic Plander":

First, the embargo was on these computers because they were used in military systems. Secondly, we did not buy it for ourselves, but for the Czechoslovak industry, and it was not possible to buy for every factory. The Germans, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Soviets, and everyone wanted to do themselves, and when someone managed to sell something to neighbors, it was even better. National computers were made. We wanted our economy to have such a chance, not us!

We knew it would be a big robot. We were a little naive when we went for it. We thought we had to do it, we didn't see any obstacles. We went for it, although many did not want it and even undermined our efforts.

The whole computer was initially basic research, "Research of a fast program processor". To this in the book "Academician Prander" replied:

Yes, it was the role of basic research within the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. I don't know if such opponents were already done. I do not remember what the service procedure was for a new role. The main problem was the control system to be to work automatically. When we solved this in the basic research, then it was easy: as multiplication, division, it is already a mathematical method. For example, the second root - the Greeks invented, the algorithm, as the second root is calculated. This is built by arithmetic. The problem was how it would work together. When we managed this procedure, then we had it in a handful. The control computer as the target was clear, it was a numerical computer control computer in real time. But the Americans didn't tell us how they were doing it.

Software

Was your intention to prepare software for the future fast program processor at the beginning?

I dealt with computers' architecture, which consists of hardware and operating system, which is a continuation of hardware. I already knew that the operating system was part of the computer unrealized on hardware, but programmatically. The software is slower, but it will do the same as hardware. This is the principle and risc-in. We wanted more operating systems and they had to be in real time - Mos, RTOS ... The first operating system (OS) was developed in an institution with the help of one Mathematician from Inorgy - Dr. Hošek. He is the author of Mos-U. This gentleman was not so good in operating systems, but his work was "domestic" who made other operating systems - Kostolanský with their people. It was already a new mathematician set who were more inclined to computers: Kostolan, Šturc ... Some were application programmers, others were designed to develop software for RPP. The first used numeria and algorithms, the second, the second logic, mathematical logic, grammar and the like. In Prague, there were teams of researchers based on Malostranské Square - they were grammar specialists and went to congresses.

Using a computer

Production control

In the book academic Plander answers the question of finding competent "human resources" in factories where RPP-16 was supposed to be used by Ivan Plander as follows:

We had them found: the electric pipeline that was still doing on the computer ZRA-1, then we had chemical factories, Duslo Shaľa, Institute of Acetylene chemistry-Huška (politician), then they were engineers, later ZTS. They were people in practice, in industry. This was quite new, but they were already specialists in computer technology in research institutes. There were quite a lot of them. The Slovak Science and Technical Society did training in automation and management. In every factory, people in automation were trained.

Computers derived from RPP-16

The following computers were inspired by or derived from RPP-16:

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